Thursday, December 11, 2008

In which I enact the plan

6:24 AM I'll just lie here a few minutes and think before I get up. Awareness of the global community, that's the plan. It'll be so nice to do something that will really help people. Fighting for the rights of communities around the world. Standing up for women who have been silenced all their lives. Prosecuting people who take advantage of the environment. This is gonna be great.

7:51 AM NO! Overslept. Late. DAMN IT.

8:05 AM Race to work. Do makeup in car. Why can't anyone in LA move with any kind of speed or purpose? Why does everyone drive so slow ALL THE TIME? Geez. So pleased with my plan. It's going to be really nice being all altruistic and stuff. After all, everyone deserves to be treated with respect and I can be a part of that. Oh my god, these people. GET OUT OF MY WAY. And the busses. Every day with the slow busses. I fail to see how public transportation helps traffic if it slows the rest of us down. They should just get rid of it.

8:35 AM Arrive at office. The papers. Where are the papers? I look around the elevator lobby for them. An employee from the office next door pokes her head around the corner "Oh, I'm really sorry," she tells me. "I accidentally spilled my coffee on your papers. Since they were mostly ruined, I threw them out." She disappears back around the corner. I need those papers for my FUTURE. How am I supposed to be up on world events when you spilled coffee on my information source??? Ok, ok. No matter. I will read them on line during my lunch break. That'll be fine.

10:20 AM I wonder what it'll be like when I am a big, famous human rights attorney. Maybe I'll get interviewed by the Times or Vanity Fair. Maybe even Vogue! They might put me on the cover, too, with some great title like "Human Rights are Sexy". I wonder if I get to keep the clothes from the photoshoot....

1:00 PM Lunchtime! Got my lunch, ready to read the news. Oooh - Golden Globe nominations are out. You know Heath Ledger's probably going to win. Those poor guys in that category don't have a chance. I'll just take a quick look and move on to the news. Cholera epidemic, water shortage, nasty bribery case with that Blagojevich fellow. That doesn't look good. Looks like something's going on with that Casey Anthony case. This is all very depressing. Isn't there something happy to report about?

2:05 PM Hahaha! I was just reading about this - wait - how did I end up on People.com? Alright, well, I did read a little bit of news, so that's good. A productive lunch. Got to get back to work.

7:00 PM Alright, now, where is that Frontline episode on Darfur? Where - no, oh no - shoot. I must have deleted it. Did I ever watch it? Dang. Oh! Oh, great. I still have last night's Ghost Hunters to watch. Excellent!

9:58 PM Ok, now really time to buckle down and take a look at that LSAT study guide.

"There is no penalty for guessing on the LSAT, meaning no points are deducted for wrong answers. Therefore, you want to make sure you-"

Oop! I think its time for Celebrity Rehab! I can finish the guide after.

1:00 AM Huh. Guess I must've fallen asleep on the couch. Must be time for bed. I might have done too much procrastinating today. I'm going to have to figure out what to do about that tomorrow.